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2025 March 13thSince last autumn, I have been extremely busy and didn’t have much capacity to do anything outside work. Another thing is, I have a Danish language exam at the end of this month. If I don't pass it, I won't be able to stay in Denmark anymore - so I'm studying Danish quite hard in my spare time. I have been thinking about not using Instagram at all since tech CEOs have said or done something completely different from what I have always believed in. I didn’t like the idea that what I made or wrote here will be ‘content’ that adds their market value either… But because I am far away from my friends in Japan, and alternative social medias are not non-English friendly, it's still a useful place for me to find out about what my friends in Japan are up to. Also, to know what activists in different parts of the world are doing. So I think I'll use it, for now.
The peak of my busyness was at the end of February, when I was in Amsterdam for a 10-day residency. It was an intense and yet amazing stay, which I'll write about separately (hopefully). I was very happy to have Yuta Sawamura take portraits of me in between my interviews.
Though it seems like more and more unpleasant and painful things are happening in the world, I want to be able to be present in the moment, and be nice to others - friends, family and all the living things around me. Denmark started showing signs of spring, and I'm going to actively notice these signs.
The peak of my busyness was at the end of February, when I was in Amsterdam for a 10-day residency. It was an intense and yet amazing stay, which I'll write about separately (hopefully). I was very happy to have Yuta Sawamura take portraits of me in between my interviews.
Though it seems like more and more unpleasant and painful things are happening in the world, I want to be able to be present in the moment, and be nice to others - friends, family and all the living things around me. Denmark started showing signs of spring, and I'm going to actively notice these signs.
忙しさのピークは二月の末で、アムステルダムで10日間の滞在制作をしていた。とても味わい深く濃い滞在になったので、それについては別で投稿するつもり。滞在制作の取材合間に、7年前にコペンハーゲンで出会った Yuta Sawamura にポートレートを撮ってもらえたのがとても嬉しい。世界のあちこちで嫌なことやつらいことが増えていくように感じられる日々だけど、目の前の人たちや生き物との時間を大切にできる、笑顔を見せられる余裕を持って過ごしていきたい。デンマークも春の気配がしてきているので、その気配に積極的に気付いていくぞ。